First batch of Sokoto pilgrims will on Friday leave for Saudi Arabia. Public Relations Officer of the state pilgrims’ Welfare Agency, Yakubu Ayuba disclosed this in Sokoto.
He said a total of 3,300 intending pilgrims from Sokoto state were billed to perform this year’s Hajj.
He said adequate arrangements had been put in place to ensure a smooth conduct of the exercise.
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According to him, committees had been constituted towards a hitch free pilgrimage.